Wheelock v. Globe Construction Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 19,1902, against the Globe Construction Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, and certain persons constituting the partnership of George A. Fernald and Company, to establish a debt due to the plaintiff from the defendant corporation as a commission for work in connection with one E. S. Ells-worth in placing certain bonds under a contract in writing, which is quoted in the opinion, and to…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 19,1902, against the Globe Construction Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, and certain persons constituting the partnership of George A. Fernald and Company, to establish a debt due to the plaintiff from the defendant corporation as a commission for work in connection with one E. S. Ells-worth in placing certain bonds under a contract in writing, which is quoted in the opinion, and to reach and apply in payment of such debt any sums of money due to the defendant corporation from the other defendants by…
1Opinion of the Court
Knowlton, O. J.
The contract on which this bill was brought is as follows:
“ Chicago, III, Oct. 14th, 1901.
“ Jacob A. Henry, Esq.,
“ Financial Agent
Globe Construction Co.
“ Dear Sir:
“ On your request I will go East and work in connection with Mr. E. S. Ellsworth in placing $1,200,000 bonds of the Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern R’y Co. you to pay the expenses of my trip and of my necessary stay in the East, and to allow me a net commission of one per cent on the face value of the bonds placed.
“ Yours truly,
“ Edwin D. Wheelock.
“ The above proposition accepted.
“ Globe Construction Co. by J. A.…
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